Cigarette extinguisher



Nov. 14, 1950 J. s. HART, JR 2,529,871

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Filed Aug. 16, 1946 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 14,1950 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Joseph S.Hart, Jr., San I eandro, Calif. Application August 16, 1946, Serial No.691,051

The present invention relates to improvements in cigaretteextinguishers, and its principal object is to provide a device whereby acigarette may be extinguished expeditiously in a few seconds and may bereadily ejected thereafter.

It is further proposed to provide a cigarette extinguisher in the formof a barrel dimensioned to have a fairly close fit upon a burningcigarette inserted thereinto, and made of heat-conducting material, soas to extinguish the cigarette by heat absorption, rather than bysnuffing.

It is still further proposed to mount the barrel with freedom ofmovement from one position to another, and to provide cigarette-ejectingmeans operable by such movement.

More particularly I propose to arrange the extinguisher in combinationwith an ash tray in such a manner that the barrel may be moved betweenupwardly inclined and downwardly inclined positions, the first positionbeing the receiving position, and the ejecting means being operable toautomatically eject the cigarette as the barrel approaches thedownwardly inclined position.

And finally, it is contemplated to provide a unitary assembly of aplurality of barrels movable successively through upwardly inclined anddownwardly inclined positions, in combination with a piston arrangement,and operating means for the latter responsive to the movement of thebarrel assembly.

Further objects and advantages of m invention will appear as thespecification proceeds, and the new and useful features of the inventionwill be fully defined in the claims hereto attached.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 shows a 7 central vertical section through my cigaretteextinguisher, as applied to an ash tray;

Figure 2, a central section through a piston assembly;

Figure 3, a front view of my extinguisher;

Figure 4, a front view of the piston assembly; and

Figures and 6, detail views of cooperating parts of a snap fastener usedas anchoring means for the piston assembly.

While I have shown only the preferred form of my invention, I wish tohave it understood that various changes or modifications may be madewithin the scope of the claims hereto attached, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

8 Claims. (Cl. 131-235) Referring to the drawing in detail, my devicecomprises in its principal parts, a backing I, adapted for fasteningupon a suitable, inclined portion 2 of an ash tray 3, a bell-shapedmember 4 revolvable on the backing, and having a plurality of barrels 5projecting therefrom, a piston assembl 6, and an eccentric anchoringmeans 1 for the piston assembly.

The backing may be of any suitable form, and is here shown as comprisinga circular concave section '8 having a flat annular flange 9, and anannular receiving lip Ill, projecting at a right angle therefrom andadapted to receive the open end of the bell-shaped member 4, and to becrimped upon the latter for holding the same against endwise motion,while allowing of rotary movement.

The concave member a is suitably secured upon an inclined member of theash tray by any suitable means, shown at l I.

The bell-shaped member is thus mounted with freedom of rotary movementabout its own axis,

and the barrels 5 are mounted in the wall of the bell-shaped member soas to project from the latter at an angle to the axis, as shown in thefor the purposes of the invention, I prefer to use a series of fourbarrels mounted equi-distanton the bell, as shown in Figure 3. 5

Each of the barrels has a piston I3 reciprocable therein and each pistonis mounted upon the end of a connecting rod [4, the connecting rod beingpreferably made substantially of the thickness and material of a commonpin formed with a T-head l5 adapted for anchoring in a button l6 so asto project radially with respect to the axis of the button and withfreedom of pivotal movement in the axial plane of the button. 1

The connecting rods are preferably bent, as at.

H, for alining major sections thereof with the barrels, as shown.

The button l6 may be substantially in the form of a snap fastener ofconventional design, having a fixed member l8 mounted upon thebacking 1,

and a movable member l9 adapted to snap upon the fixed member withfreedom of revolving movement about the same.

The button is mounted upon the backing l in eccentrical relation withrespect to the axis of the bell-shaped member, preferably verticallybelow the latter.

My device is preferably assembled as follows:

First, the connecting rods may be pivotally secured upon themovablemember IQ ofthe snap fastener, and the pistons may be'solderedupon the projecting ends of the connecting rods to provide the assemblyillustrated in Figure 2.

Next, the portion I8 of the snap fastenermay: be secured upon thebacking in. eccentric position with respect to the center of the'backing; and the portion l9 may be snappedzupon the-porrtion 18 toproduce the arrangement shown in Figure 4.

Thereupon the backing is applied to the bellshap'ed menibencarebeing:taken that" the four different pistons are guided into: the: four'differentbarrelsidurin'g the; operation; The. lip. Ill is:

The: assembled device may then be: fastened upon any suitable support,such as the inclined.

portion 2 of, the ash tray- 3,, as shown.

1 In use, assuming that. the four, barrels are in the position showninFigures 11 and. 3,,it willibe' noted that, one'of' the barrels pointsupwardly,

while the opposingbarrel points downwardly:

The piston in the first barrelis retracted,jwhilei the piston inthelowermostbarrel is advanced:

toits'most forward position, The user willnaturally find the uppermostbarrel most convenient:

for insertion; of his: burning cigarette, and the latter will beextinguished in the courseof a: few seconds.

-,A second user desiring to deposit a' burning cigarettev will turn, thebell-shaped member througha quarter of a revolution thereby exposing anew barreL pointing upwardly, while the barrel previously filled movesthrough an angle of 90.

Arthird, operation willbr-inge the first barrel to adownwardly declinedposition, and-as the'bar-rel approaches this position, the pistonadvances and ejects the cigarette- Thus, all the cigarette inserted: inthe upper barrelwill eventually be ejected into the ash;tr-ay from thesame as it reaches the lower position.

The bell-shaped. member may be operated manually as: hereintoforedescribed, or any suitable meansmay be provided, such asaball andratchet arrangement of conventionalform, for step-wise operation of thebelll-sha'pedl member through a quarterjof a revolutionat a time.v

Iclaim:

1. In combination, an a'sh tray anda cigarette extinguisher comprising abarrelassembly revolvable in the tray and having a plurality ofjb'arrelsarranged. angularly with respect to the-axis of rotation for' passingsuccessively through up wardlyinclined and downwardlyinclinedipositions; pistons'd'isp'os'ed in thebarrels; and rotatableanchorirrgmeans'for the pistons mounted below the axis of. the barrelassembly to cause relative displacement between eachbarrelandfits pistonsubstantially along the axis of the barrel.

when the barrel assembly is turned.

2. In combination, an ash tray and a cigarette extinguisher comprising abarrel assembly revolv'able in the tray and having a barrel arrangedangularly' with respect to the axis of r tation for passing successivelythrough upwardly inclined and downwardly inclined positions, a pistondisposed in the barrel, and rotatable anchoring means for the pistonmounted below the axis of the barrel assembly to cause relativedisplacement between the barrel and the pistons substantially along theaxis of the barrel when the barrel assembly is turned.

3. In a cigarette extinguisher, a supporting member, means for.mountingthe same with freedom of rotary movement about a central axis, abarrel mounted in the member at an angle to the axis of rotation, apiston disposed in the barrel, apiston rod for the piston, and anchoringmeans for the. piston rod mounted eccentrically with respect to the axisof rotation for causing relative displacement-between the barrel and thepiston substantially along the axis of the barrel when the said memberis turned.

4. In a cigarette extinguisher, a supporting member; meansfonmountingthesam'e' with free: dom of rotary movement about a central axis;;abarre-l mountedin the member at" an angle'tm the axi's-of-rotat-ion;api'st'on disposed-in-thebar rel, a piston rod forthe piston, abuttonmounted eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation; and meanspivotallysecuring thefreeend of the pistonrod to thebutton to causerelative displacement" between the barrel and the pistonsubstantiallyalong the length of the barrel when the said member is turned; 7

5. Ina cigarette extinguisher; a supporting member, means'for mountingthe same'wi-th free dom of rotary movement about a central axis; aseries of barrels mountedsymmetricaliy in=the member inangular relationto-the-az-iis of rotation, pistons disposed inthe-barrels, and-meansoperable"- by a turning movement'of the member to cause relativedisplacement between each-bar'- rel and its pistonsubstantially alongthe or the barrel;

6. In a' cigarette extinguisher; a supporting member; means formountingt-liesame witlifree dom of rotary movement about acentralax-isia series of barrels" mounted symmetrically inthe memberinangulanre'la-tion' to the-axis "of rotation; pistonsdisposed inthebarrel's; connecting rodssecuredto' the pistons, and anchoring meansfor the connecting rods mounted eccentrically with respect to-t-he" axisof rotation for'ca-usin'g relative displacement between each barrelandits piston substantially along the axis of' the barrel when the'saidmemberis turned;

'7. In a cigarette extinguisher; a supporting member, means 'for*mounting thesame-withfieedom of'rotary movement'about a central axis; a

series" of barrels mounted-symmetrically in the 7 member in angular.relation to the axis of rota'-' tion, pistons'di'sposed in the barrels,connecting.

rods' secured to the" pistons, a button revolvably' about its centralaxis, a". series of barrels mounted symmetricallyfin the wall ofthemember in'a'ngul'ar relation to the axis of rotation, pistonsdisposed in the barrels. and means, within the.

, bell-shaped member andoperable by a turning, movement thereof forcausing relative displace 5 ment between each barrel and its pistonsubstan- Number tially along the axis of the barrel. 1,757,279 JOSEPH S.HART, JR. 1,764,862

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